Libyan town of Bani Walid is ready to come under the National Transitional Council's authority despite pockets of resistance, a chief negotiator told AFP news agency on Wednesday.“The negotiations were successful yesterday and we are waiting for the NTC to give us the green light to go in," Abdullah Kenshil, who held talks with Bani Walid elders on Tuesday, said.
"The elders have joined the revolution," he said, adding that some of them were now in Tripoli, and others were back in Bani Walid, where pro-Muammar Gaddafi armed men initially prevented them from returning.
He said the aggression against the elders had angered members of the community.
"Armed men waved their weapons at the elders... and this angered the community," Kenshil said.
Witnesses reported seeing the tribal elders heading away from Bani Walid, 170Km southeast of Tripoli, towards the nearby town of Tarhuna late on Tuesday.
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